Shawl-strap handle



v(No Model.)

F. E. BAKER. SHAWL STRAP HANDLE.

Patented Mar. `24, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK E. BAKER, OF AKRON, OHIO.

S HAWL-STRAP HAN DLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,509, dated March 24, 1885.

Application filed November 12,1884. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern: tises in the handle and bar. The parts arese- Be it known that I, FRANK E. BAKER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Akron,

in the county of Summit and State of Ohio,

`have invented a new and useful Improvement curely held in place by screws D D, passing through the handle and posts into the bar. The whole is then coated with enamcling-varnish and baked in an oven until the enamel is thoroughly hardened. The metallicloops E E are then fastened on the bar by short nails or tacks.

I claim as my invention- As an improved article of manufacture, a shawl-strap handle consisting of a handle, a bar, and two posts, all of wood, mortised together, held by metallic screws, andenameled, substantially as shown, and for the purpose 15 My invention is illustrated inthe accompaspecified.

nying drawings, in which Figure lis a side In testimony that I claim the foregoing l elevation, the left half shown in vertical cenhave hereunto set my hand this 7th day of tral section; Fig. 2, an end elevation. l August, A. D. 188i.

The handle A, posts B B, and bar O are con- FRANK E. BAKER. 2o stru cted of hard wood, preferably hard maple, Witnesses:

beech, or cherry, the ends of the posts B B being tenoned and enteringcorresponding mor- G. P. HUMPHEEY, DAYTON A. DoYLE. 

